Travelling through ecosystems and biodiversity: Long-term ecological research for citizens

Since 2015 Italian ecologists, active in long-term ecological research (LTER-Italy) and in biodiversity study (LifeWatch-Italy), started a process of informal public science communication, through walking and cycling together with citizens along itineraries connecting a number of LTER-Italy sites. T...

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Main Authors: Bergami, Caterina, Campanaro, Alessandro, D'Alelio, Domenico, L'Astorina, Alba, Matteucci, Giorgio, Oggioni, Alessandro, Pugnetti, Alessandra, Rogora, Michela
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Published: Zenodo 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1578581
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spelling ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:1578581 2024-09-09T20:12:26+00:00 Travelling through ecosystems and biodiversity: Long-term ecological research for citizens Bergami, Caterina Campanaro, Alessandro D'Alelio, Domenico L'Astorina, Alba Matteucci, Giorgio Oggioni, Alessandro Pugnetti, Alessandra Rogora, Michela 2018-11-27 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1578581 eng eng Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/lter-italy https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1578580 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1578581 oai:zenodo.org:1578581 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode XXVII Congresso della Società Ecologica Italiana, Naples, 12-15 september 2017 info:eu-repo/semantics/lecture 2018 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.157858110.5281/zenodo.1578580 2024-07-26T05:55:53Z Since 2015 Italian ecologists, active in long-term ecological research (LTER-Italy) and in biodiversity study (LifeWatch-Italy), started a process of informal public science communication, through walking and cycling together with citizens along itineraries connecting a number of LTER-Italy sites. The trails, named “CAMMINI LTER”, aimed at offering citizens an opportunity to familiarize with the components and conditions of Italian biodiversity and ecosystems, from the sea to alpine tundra. This initiative was conceived to share the research results among a large public, by creating a physical and visible movement of researchers towards and with citizens, relying as well on the slow rhythm of walking and cycling that allow to create an intimate link with people and nature. Cammini LTER intended, in particular, to promote LTER and LifeWatch activities to a not-expert audience and to increase ecological awareness and literacy, moving beyond communication deficit to dialogue, sharing scientific views as well as experiences and emotions. The trails were also an invaluable opportunity for scientists to understand the need to adopt a different cultural approach for more effective interactions with citizens, since communicating and sharing science is an important step for researchers to make their activity more visible and understandable. Actually, the trails produced unexpected effects on the scientists, evidencing the need of a cultural shift: they generated mutual learning by public and scientists and induced profound changes, vivid debates and critical considerations among researchers themselves, about some relevant aspects and needs of science communication. We report here some evaluations and perspectives coming form this experience that has recently crossed the national boundaries, becoming in 2016 the International initiative “TRAIL”, selected and launched by the International Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER). Lecture Tundra Zenodo
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description Since 2015 Italian ecologists, active in long-term ecological research (LTER-Italy) and in biodiversity study (LifeWatch-Italy), started a process of informal public science communication, through walking and cycling together with citizens along itineraries connecting a number of LTER-Italy sites. The trails, named “CAMMINI LTER”, aimed at offering citizens an opportunity to familiarize with the components and conditions of Italian biodiversity and ecosystems, from the sea to alpine tundra. This initiative was conceived to share the research results among a large public, by creating a physical and visible movement of researchers towards and with citizens, relying as well on the slow rhythm of walking and cycling that allow to create an intimate link with people and nature. Cammini LTER intended, in particular, to promote LTER and LifeWatch activities to a not-expert audience and to increase ecological awareness and literacy, moving beyond communication deficit to dialogue, sharing scientific views as well as experiences and emotions. The trails were also an invaluable opportunity for scientists to understand the need to adopt a different cultural approach for more effective interactions with citizens, since communicating and sharing science is an important step for researchers to make their activity more visible and understandable. Actually, the trails produced unexpected effects on the scientists, evidencing the need of a cultural shift: they generated mutual learning by public and scientists and induced profound changes, vivid debates and critical considerations among researchers themselves, about some relevant aspects and needs of science communication. We report here some evaluations and perspectives coming form this experience that has recently crossed the national boundaries, becoming in 2016 the International initiative “TRAIL”, selected and launched by the International Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER).
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author Bergami, Caterina
Campanaro, Alessandro
D'Alelio, Domenico
L'Astorina, Alba
Matteucci, Giorgio
Oggioni, Alessandro
Pugnetti, Alessandra
Rogora, Michela
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Campanaro, Alessandro
D'Alelio, Domenico
L'Astorina, Alba
Matteucci, Giorgio
Oggioni, Alessandro
Pugnetti, Alessandra
Rogora, Michela
Travelling through ecosystems and biodiversity: Long-term ecological research for citizens
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Campanaro, Alessandro
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Rogora, Michela
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